Don Andres Pirates by user1198381

Format: Commander

Commander: Don Andres, the Renegade

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 25

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis Pirate tribal and theft deck commanded by Don Andres, the Renegade. Its primary objective is to deploy efficient Pirates and theft spells early, utilizing the commander to turn stolen opposing creatures into lethal, evasive beaters with menace and deathtouch while generating Treasure from noncreature spells. Card flow is sustained through combat damage triggers from Breeches, Brazen Plunderer, Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator, and Bident of Thassa. The deck applies critical pressure between Turns 6 and 7 by resolving mass-combat enhancers like Shared Animosity, combat-chaining threats like Port Razer, or temporary mass theft via Mob Rule and Coercive Recruiter. Because it lacks fast combo finishes, it relies on attrition and multi-turn combat sequencing to eliminate opponents by Turn 8. While it has moderate resilience through incidental recursion, its main vulnerabilities stem from light counter protection and vulnerability to well-timed board sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Admiral Beckett Brass
  • 1 Amphin Mutineer
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arm-Mounted Anchor
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Black Cat, Cunning Thief
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Money
  • 1 Breeches, Brazen Plunderer
  • 1 Broadside Bombardiers
  • 1 Captivating Crew
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Coercive Recruiter
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Corsair Captain
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Departed Deckhand
  • 1 Desolate Lighthouse
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dire Fleet Daredevil
  • 1 Dire Fleet Ravager
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Don Andres, the Renegade
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Evacuation
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fathom Fleet Captain
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Francisco, Fowl Marauder
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Gemcutter Buccaneer
  • 1 Gonti, Lord of Luxury
  • 1 Hostage Taker
  • 1 Icon of Ancestry
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 King Narfi's Betrayal
  • 1 Laughing Jasper Flint
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Locke, Treasure Hunter
  • 1 Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
  • 1 Mob Rule
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Nephalia Drownyard
  • 1 New Blood
  • 1 Olivia Voldaren
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Port Razer
  • 1 Port of Karfell
  • 1 Prismari Command
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Ramirez DePietro, Pillager
  • 1 Rogue Class
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Skeleton Crew
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sower of Temptation
  • 1 Spectral Sailor
  • 1 Storm Fleet Negotiator
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Grim Captain's Locker
  • 1 The Indomitable
  • 1 Thief of Sanity
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Warkite Marauder
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Zara, Renegade Recruiter